Commentary: Big government will cost everyone more

6:16 PM,
Jan. 22, 2013

Bob Ziegelbauer

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Bob Ziegelbauer
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The big election is over. Those decisions have been made. Now it's time to move on. Our country has selected the path of bigger government. Soon though, it will be time to pay for it.

Already we're seeing some of the early signs that it won't be just a few rich people who will pay more. Everyone who works has already noticed an increase in their taxes with less take-home pay to spend. That shouldn't be a surprise. It's just the beginning. The reality is that we can't go on indefinitely in our country with taxes paying for only about half the cost of government while borrowed money makes up the rest. Soon ...